Showing posts with label PSLE. Show all posts
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Sunday 28 April 2024

2024 Pitaya June Prelim Paper Zoom Class



Registration for the Prelim Papers Zoom Class in June‼

Subjects: Science, English, Chinese

10 lessons per subject, 10 Prelim papers


✔ Video playback is available

✔ Sign up and get a set of Free 2022&2023 Prelim paper


I have signed J up for the Pitaya prelim zoom classes for her PSLE revision. ๐Ÿ˜  I think it's really beneficial to have teacher to go through prelim papers. 


The zoom is conducted by very experienced teachers and I think the fee is really reasonable. I had thought of just letting J do the papers herself but sometimes we lack the discipline to do them. I'm worried we may not achieve anything by the end of June ๐Ÿคฃ


Having a live zoom class will ensure that she actually sits down and be guided through the papers. I'm so looking forward to the lessons.


If you are interested, can whatsapp Pitaya at or sign up via their website. 


Here's the schedule for the June Zoom class




Wednesday 15 November 2023

2023 PSLE Result Release Date - Confirmed

https://www.moe.gov.sg/news/press-releases/20231115-release-of-2023-psle-results-and-secondary-1-posting-exercise


As per my previous "analysis" in the post "10 Years of PSLE At A Glance", The results of the 2023 Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) will be released on 

Wednesday, 22 November 2023 at 11.00am


Time to visit these useful sites:


MOE School Finder (To check out the information of the school you are interested in)


Secondary School Open House 2023 (Check out as many schools as you can!)


S1-IS will be accessible from 22 November 2023 11.30am to  28 November 2023, 3.00pm  www.moe.gov.sg/s1-posting.



The S1 Posting Results will be released between Wednesday, 20 December 2023 and Friday, 22 December 2023


Sunday 7 May 2023

PSLE Marks Allocation

PSLE English Papers Marks Allocation


Paper 1 (27.5%)

Situational Writing - 15 Marks (7.5%)

Continuous Writing - 40 Marks (20%)


Paper 2 Booklet A  (14%)

Grammar MCQ (1-Mark) - 10 Questions - 10 Marks (5%)

Vocaobulary MCQ (1-Mark) - 5 Questions - 5 Marks (2.5%)

Vocabulary Cloze (1-Mark) - 5 Questions - 5 Marks (2.5%)

Visual Text Comprehension (1-Mark) - 8 Questions - 8 Marks (4%)


Paper 2 Booklet B (33.5%)

Grammar Cloze (1-Mark) - 10 Questions - 10 Marks (5%)

Editing for Grammar & Spelling (1-Mark) - 12 Questions - 12 Marks (6%)

Comprehension Cloze (1-Mark) - 15 Questions - 15 Marks (7.5%)

Synthesis & Transformation (2-Mark) - 5 Questions - 10 Marks (5%)

Comprehension Open Ended - 10 Questions - 20 Marks (10%)


Paper 3 (10%)

Listening Comprehension - 20 Questions - 20 Marks (10%)


Paper 4 (15%)

Reading Aloud - 1 Passage - 10 Marks (5%)

Stimulus-based Conversation - 1 Visual Stimulus - 20 Marks (10%)


PSLE Mathematics Papers Marks Allocation


Paper 1 Booklet A (20%)

MCQ (1-Mark) - 10 Questions  - 10 Marks (10%)

MCQ (2-Mark) - 5 Questions  - 10 Marks (10%)


Paper 1 Booklet B (25%)

Short-Answer (1-Mark) - 5 Questions  - 5 Marks (5%)

Short-Answer (2-Mark) - 10 Questions  - 20 Marks (20%)


Paper 2 (45%)

Short-Answer 2-Mark Questions - 5 Questions  - 10 Marks (10%)

Structured/Long-Answer (3-Mark) - 5 Questions  - 15 Marks (15%)

Structured/Long-Answer (4-Mark) - 5 Questions  - 20 Marks (20%)

Structured/Long-Answer (5-Mark) - 2 Questions  - 10 Marks (10%)


PSLE Science Papers Marks Allocation


Booklet A (56%)

MCQ 2-Mark Questions - 28 Questions - 56 Marks (56%)


Booklet B (44%)

Open Ended 3to5-Marks Questions - 12-13 Questions - 44 Marks (44%)


PSLE Chinese Papers Marks Allocation


Paper 1 (20%)

ๅ‘ฝ้ข˜ไฝœๆ–‡/็œ‹ๅ›พไฝœๆ–‡ - 40 Marks (20%)


Paper 2 Booklet A (25%)

่ฏญๆ–‡ๅบ”็”จ MCQ (2-Mark) - 15 Questions - 30 Marks (15%)

็Ÿญๆ–‡ๅกซ็ฉบ MCQ (2-Mark) - 5 Questions - 10 Marks (5%)

้˜…่ฏป็†่งฃไธ€ MCQ (2-Mark) - 5 Questions - 10 Marks (5%)


Paper 2 Booklet B (20%)

ๅฎŒๆˆๅฏน่ฏ MCQ (2-Mark) - 4 Questions - 8 Marks (4%)

้˜…่ฏป็†่งฃไบŒA 

MCQ (2-Mark) - 3 Questions - 6 Marks (3%)

็”ต้‚ฎ/็Ÿญไฟก - 4 Marks (2%)

้˜…่ฏป็†่งฃไบŒB

่ฏ่ฏญ (2-Mark) - 2 Questions - 4 Marks (2%)

OEQ (3-Mark) - 2 Questions - 6 Marks (3%)

OEQ (4-Mark) - 3 Questions - 12 Marks (6%)


Paper 3 (25%)

ๆœ—่ฏป็ฏ‡็ซ  - 20 Marks (10%)

ไผš่ฏ - 30 Marks (15%)


Paper 4 (10%)

ๅฌๅŠ›็†่งฃ (2-Mark) - 10 Questions - 20 Marks (10%)


Source: SEAB website 

you can download the detailed pdf with exam purpose and objective from SEAB website.

Tuesday 25 April 2023

PSLE Examination Date 2023 (Confirmed)

PSLE Dates Summary

3-19 April - PSLE Registration

15, 16 August - Oral

15 September - Listening Comprehension

28 September - English 

29 September - Math

2 October - Mother Tongue

3 October - Science

4 October - Higher Mother Tongue


16-18 October - PSLE Marking Days

22 November - PSLE Results Release (Click for details)


Below are the details for all the subjects. For the actual exam timetable, you can download from SEAB website 


PSLE Exam Timetable 2023

Tuesday, 15 August 2023

Oral Exam Day 1

8am  - 1.30pm

About 10 min
5 min preparation time; 
about 5 min examination time

- English / Foundation English

- Chinese / Malay / Tamil


Wednesday, 16 August 2023

Oral Exam Day 2

8am  - 1.30pm

About 10 min
5 min preparation time; 
about 5 min examination time

- English    

- Chinese / Foundation Chinese    

- Malay / Foundation Malay    

- Tamil / Foundation Tamil     

- Bengali / Foundation Bengali   

- Gujarati / Foundation Gujarati    

- Hindi / Foundation Hindi   

- Panjabi / Foundation Panjabi 

- Urdu / Foundation Urdu

  

Friday, 15 September 2023 

Listening Comprehension

9am  - 9.35am

- Chinese/Malay/Tamil 


9am  - 9.40am

- Foundation Chinese/Malay/Tamil 


9am  - 9.30am  

- Bengali / Foundation Bengali   

- Gujarati / Foundation Gujarati    

- Hindi / Foundation Hindi   

- Panjabi / Foundation Panjabi 

- Urdu / Foundation Urdu


11.15am  - 11.50am 

- English / Foundation English 


Thursday,  28 September 2023

English

8.15am - 9.25am

Paper 1  (1 hr 10 min)

10.30am - 12.20pm

Paper 2  (1 hr 50 min)


Foundation English

8.15am - 9.25am

Paper 1 (1 hr 10 min)

10.30am - 11.50am

Paper 2 (1 hr 20 min)


Friday,  29 September 2023

Mathematics 

8.15am - 9.15am

Paper 1 (1 hr)

10.30am - 12pm

Paper 2 (1 hr 30 min)


Foundation Mathematics

8.15am - 9.15am

 Paper 1 (1 hr)

10.30am - 11.30am

Paper 2 (1 hr)


Monday,  2 October 2023

Chinese/Malay/Tamil/Bengali /Gujarati/Hindi/Panjabi/Urdu

8.15am - 9.05am 

Paper 1  (50 min)

10.15am - 11.55am

Paper 2  (1 hr 40 min)


Foundation Chinese/Malay/Tamil

8.15am - 8.55am

Paper 1  (40 min)


Tuesday,  3 October 2023

Science 

8.15am - 10am

Paper (1 hr 45 min)


Foundation Science 

8.15am - 9.30am

Paper (1 hr 15 min)


Wednesday,  4 October 2023

Higher Chinese/Malay/Tamil 

8.15am - 9.05am

Paper 1 (50 min)

10.15am - 11.35am

Paper 2 (1 hr 20 min)

 




Thursday 26 January 2023

PSLE Approved Calculators and E-Dictionaries 2023

For the P6ers, do check out the list of approved calculators models and approved e-dictionaries models for PSLE to make sure that what you have is approved by SEAB and allowed in examination hall.

If your model is not in the list, go to SEAB website for the full list - it may be under previously approved model, which still can be used.


Source: https://www.seab.gov.sg/home/examinations/approved-calculators

Source: https://www.seab.gov.sg/home/examinations/approved-dictionaries

For past approved models and more information, do check out the SEAB website.

PSLE Examination Date 2023 (Updated)

 

PSLE Dates Summary

15, 16 August - Oral

15 September - Listening Comprehension

28 September - English 

29 September - Math

2 October - Mother Tongue

3 October - Science

4 October - Higher Mother Tongue


16-18 October - PSLE Marking Days

22-24 November - PSLE Results Release


Below are the details for all the subjects. For the actual exam timetable, you can download from SEAB website 



PSLE Exam Timetable 2023

Tuesday, 15 August 2023

Oral Exam Day 1

8am  - 1.30pm

- English / Foundation English

- Chinese / Malay / Tamil



Wednesday, 16 August 2023

Oral Exam Day 2

8am  - 1.30pm

- English    

- Chinese / Foundation Chinese    

- Malay / Foundation Malay    

- Tamil / Foundation Tamil     

- Bengali / Foundation Bengali   

- Gujarati / Foundation Gujarati    

- Hindi / Foundation Hindi   

- Panjabi / Foundation Panjabi 

- Urdu / Foundation Urdu

  

Friday, 15 September 2023 

Listening Comprehension

9am  - 9.35am

- Chinese/Malay/Tamil 


9am  - 9.40am

- Foundation Chinese/Malay/Tamil 


9am  - 9.30am  

- Bengali / Foundation Bengali   

- Gujarati / Foundation Gujarati    

- Hindi / Foundation Hindi   

- Panjabi / Foundation Panjabi 

- Urdu / Foundation Urdu


11.15am  - 11.50am 

- English / Foundation English 


Thursday,  28 September 2023

English

8.15am - 9.25am

Paper 1  (1 hr 10 min)

10.30am - 12.20pm

Paper 2  (1 hr 50 min)


Foundation English

8.15am - 9.25am

Paper 1 (1 hr 10 min)

10.30am - 11.50am

Paper 2 (1 hr 20 min)


Friday,  29 September 2023

Mathematics 

8.15am - 9.15am

Paper 1 (1 hr)

10.30am - 12pm

Paper 2 (1 hr 30 min)


Foundation Mathematics

8.15am - 9.15am

 Paper 1 (1 hr)

10.30am - 11.30am

Paper 2 (1 hr)


Monday,  2 October 2023

Chinese/Malay/Tamil/Bengali /Gujarati/Hindi/Panjabi/Urdu

8.15am - 9.05am 

Paper 1  (50 min)

10.15am - 11.55am

Paper 2  (1 hr 40 min)


Foundation Chinese/Malay/Tamil

8.15am - 8.55am

Paper 1  (40 min)


Tuesday,  3 October 2023

Science 

8.15am - 10am

Paper (1 hr 45 min)


Foundation Science 

8.15am - 9.30am

Paper (1 hr 15 min)


Wednesday,  4 October 2023

Higher Chinese/Malay/Tamil 

8.15am - 9.05am

Paper 1 (50 min)

10.15am - 11.35am

Paper 2 (1 hr 20 min)


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Updated confirmed PSLE 2023 dates above


SEAB have released the tentative dates for PSLE dates for this year 2023.


Source: https://www.seab.gov.sg/home/examinations/psle


Registration: 3 April (Monday ) - 19 April (Wednesday)

Oral: 15 August (Tuesday) - 16 August (Wednesday)

Listening Comprehension: 15 September (Friday)

Written Examination: 28 September (Thursday) - 4 October (Wednesday)

Marking Exercise: 16 October (Monday) - 18 October (Wednesday)  [Good time to plan for holiday at this period as it is off-peak.]


Examination timetable to be out on 24 March 2023!!


For the P6ers, do check out the list of approved calculators models and approved e-dictionaries models for PSLE to make sure that what you have is approved by SEAB and allowed in examination hall.

Wednesday 30 November 2022

10 Years of PSLE At A Glance

Ran through 10 years of news articles to tabulate and summarize the PSLE information. ๐Ÿ˜†

Here's the important information extracted from the articles.


Trivial
  • From the table, we can see that the result release date is between 21-25 November
  • Result is released between Wednesday to Friday
  • Recent 3 years all released on Wednesday - wonder if they will continue to release on Wednesday.
  • If it continues to be Wednesday, then PSLE result release date on 2023 will be on 22 November 2023.
  • We shall see. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

2012

  • stopped announcing top PSLE scorer

2013

  • stopped announcing highest and lowest score
  • A record 66.7 per cent made it to the Express course

2016

  • 98.4% qualified for secondary school -  the best performance since the national exam was introduced in 1960.

2017

  • 2nd year achieving 98.4%

2018

  • 3rd year achieving 98.4%

2019

  • 4th year achieving 98.4%

2020

  • 5th year achieving 98.4%
  • Last batch using T-Score
  • Covid year - Able to view results online

2021

  • 6th year achieving 98.4%
  • First batch under new scoring system (AL)
  • More students qualify for Express under new scoring system (68.4%). It used to hover at 66.x% every year.
2022

  • 7th year achieving 98.4%
  • Maintaining a high 68.4% qualifying for Express.
The national exam, Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) was introduced in 1960.

From 1980 to 2015, the percentage of pupils eligible to enrol in secondary schools ranged between 81.7 per cent and 98.3 per cent. 

In 2016, 98.4% qualified for secondary school -  the best performance since the national exam was introduced in 1960.

National University of Singapore economics lecturer Kelvin Seah said it reflects the importance that parents place on their children's education and the investments which the Ministry of Education (MOE) has made in improving teaching standards in schools.

However, he explained that it would not be realistic to expect continued improvements year after year, since "these rates are already at very high levels".

"In fact, it would not be surprising if these rates start to stabilise at current levels in the next few years," Dr Seah added. "This is because there will always be small factions of students who will be deemed unsuited to progress to secondary school because they have not acquired the requisite basic proficiency in knowledge for this."

True enough, since 2016, the percentage remains at 98.4% for 7 years consecutively. (but why so zhun ah? ๐Ÿ˜…)

When Covid hit...
Arrangements have been made for candidates to receive their results in their respective primary schools, while those who were unwell, or on Quarantine Order, Stay-Home Notice or Leave of Absence, or those who preferred an alternative to gathering physically in school, were also able to view their results online.

First year under new scoring system...
After nearly 50 years, the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) T-score, or transformed score, came to an end with more pupils making the cut for the Express course under a new scoring system.

What happens when a student fails PSLE?
They can:
1. Re-attempt the PSLE in the following year.
2. Apply to Assumption Pathway School or NorthLight School for a more experiential and hands-on learning approach.
3. Students who have attempted the PSLE once and would like to apply to APS or NLS can do so with a recommendation from their primary school principal.



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